The Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Hania Pérez de Cuéllar, highlighted today that the approval of the bill for universal access to drinking water is a priority, because it will contribute to closing the existing gap of 3.4 million Peruvians who lack the service and will bring social peace in the country.
This was indicated before the Decentralization Commission of Congress, where he supported the aforementioned legislative proposal, presented by the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, during her message to the Nation for National Holidays.
Pérez de Cuéllar stressed that closing the water and sanitation gap is a priority of the Government, mainly of his sector, and that the proposal proposed by the Executive contributes to achieving that objective in the short term.
“This bill is fundamental for Peru because it not only allows us to close the (water) gap in the short term, but also to improve the health and education of the poor and vulnerable population that lacks this service,” he pointed.
Proposal details
The bill on universal access to water proposes a regulatory framework to develop interventions mainly through non-conventional technological options, in order to ensure the provision of drinking water to the vulnerable or poor population, who lack this service in the areas urban and rural of the country.
Among the non-conventional technological options we have, for example, pylon systems for public use and mobile reservoirs fed by tanker trucks, as well as the use of intra-home or community filters to purify water in those places that have a water source contaminated with heavy metals. , among other alternatives.
The head of the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS), explained that conventional interventions, which include infrastructure, network and equipment investment projects, will be developed gradually over the next ten years, following the roadmap outlined in the Plan. National Sanitation.
Likewise, he indicated that it is also proposed that the State subsidizes 100% of the social rate of the population living in extreme poverty, while for other segments of populations considered non-poor and non-vulnerable, a differentiated rate would be applied.
“I hope that you consider the law as an interesting option to resolve this historical debt and social debt that we have with those 3.4 million Peruvians. It is a historic law for the country, which will not only bring safe water, but will also bring better health rates, better education for our children and why not say it, also more social peace,” he pointed out.
According to the 2022 National Survey of Budget Programs (ENAPRES), approximately 88% of the population nationwide accesses water service through the public network and 2% through a public pool.
Meanwhile, 10% of the population that does not have drinking water through networks, accesses the vital liquid through tanker trucks (2.8%), groundwater wells (1.4%), rivers, ditches, canals (3%), while 2.9% access through other ways, such as through a neighbor.
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Published: 9/19/2023
2023-09-20 04:08:14
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